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Advantages and Disadvantages of Random Forest Models for Prediction of Hip Fracture Risk Versus Mortality Risk in the Oldest Old

JBMR Plus, 2023
Targeted fracture prevention strategies among late‐life adults should balance fracture risk versus competing mortality risk. Models have previously been constructed using Fine‐Gray subdistribution methods.
Lisa Langsetmo, John T. Schousboe, Brent C. Taylor, Jane A. Cauley, Howard A. Fink, Peggy M. Cawthon, Deborah M. Kado, Kristine E. Ensrud, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group   +8 more
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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
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Using joint probability density to create most informative unidimensional indices: a new method using pain and psychiatric severity as examples

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background Dimension reduction methods do not always reduce their underlying indicators to a single composite score. Furthermore, such methods are usually based on optimality criteria that require discarding some information.
Siamak Noorbaloochi, Barbara A. Clothier, Maureen Murdoch   +2 more
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Identifying Patterns of Hospitalizations Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Population‐Based Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) experience more hospitalizations than the general population. We aimed to identify distinct hospitalization patterns among Queensland CCSs and the associated characteristics. Methods Cases (aged ≤14 years) diagnosed between 1995 and 2019 while residents of Queensland were identified through the ...
Hai Pham, Teyl Engstrom, Peter Baade, Natalie Bradford, Sarah Pont, Louise Marquart‐Wilson, Natasha Nassar, Jason D. Pole   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to Integrating Tobacco Dependence Treatment into Lung Cancer Screening: A Qualitative Assessment

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Introduction/objective: We qualitatively assessed current practices and perceived barriers surrounding the integration of tobacco dependence treatment (TDT) into lung cancer screening (LCS).
Deborah L. Pestka, Megan E. Campbell, Naomi A. Schmulewitz, Anne C. Melzer   +3 more
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Postsurgical Remote Patient Monitoring Outcomes and Perceptions: A Mixed-Methods Assessment

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2022
Objective: To determine how postsurgical remote patient monitoring (RPM) influences readmissions and emergency visits within 30 days of discharge after operation and to understand patient and surgeon perspectives on postsurgical RPM. Patients and Methods:
Aaron Spaulding, PhD, Erica Loomis, MD, Emily Brennan, MPH, Diane Klein, BA, Karlyn Pierson, MAN, RN, Rochelle Willford, RN, M. Susan Hallbeck, PhD, Janani Reisenauer, MD   +7 more
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Impact of Initial Treatment Setting on Survival in Relapsed Pediatric and AYA Bone Sarcomas: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Clinical Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outcomes in relapsed or refractory pediatric and AYA bone sarcomas remain poor, and the impact of early referral to specialized sarcoma centers on survival is unclear. Early centralization of care may improve local and systemic treatment quality, but evidence in this population is limited.
Justyna Antoniuk‐Majchrzak, Katarzyna Bilska, Tomasz Koziński, Jadwiga Węcławek‐Tompol, Dorota Sega‐Pondel, Radosław Chaber, Wanda Badowska, Katarzyna Rosłan, Hanna Koseła‐Paterczyk, Anna Raciborska   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of free delivery care on health facility delivery and insurance coverage in Ghana's Brong Ahafo Region. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Many sub-Saharan countries, including Ghana, have introduced policies to provide free medical care to pregnant women. The impact of these policies, particularly on access to health services among the poor, has not been evaluated using ...
Owusu-Agyei, S, Campbell, OM, Lisa Hurt, Tawiah, Charlotte, Charlotte Tawiah, Alexander Manu, Kirkwood Betty R., Soremekun, S, Justin Fenty, Manu Alexander, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Oona M R Campbell, Hill, Zelee, Hurt, Lisa, Kirkwood, BR, Seyi Soremekun, Soremekun, Seyi, Guus Ten Asbroek, Fenty, J, Dzakpasu, Susie, Dzakpasu, S, Fenty Justin, Ten Asbroek, Guus, Campbell, Oona MR, Zelee Hill, ten Asbroek Guus, Ten Asbroek, G, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Hurt, L, Betty R Kirkwood, Owusu-Agyei Seth, Soremekun Seyi, Fenty, Justin, Kirkwood, Betty R, Manu, Alexander, Hill, Z, Susie Dzakpasu, Dzakpasu Susie, Hurt Lisa, Tawiah, C, Campbell Oona M. R., Tawiah Charlotte, Hill Zelee, Manu, A   +43 more
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Changes in perinatal management and outcomes of extremely preterm infants born below 26 weeks of gestation in a tertiary referral hospital in Sweden: Comparison between 2004–2007 and 2012–2016

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Perinatal management of extremely preterm births in Sweden has changed toward active care from 22–23 gestational weeks during the last decades. However, considerable regional differences exist.
Emma Aronsson, Malin Holzmann, Marco Bartocci, Ingela Hulthén Varli, Sissel Saltvedt   +4 more
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